What is Bad News Bears's IQ Score?

Bad News Bears has an IQ Score of 93/200 on TV Intelligentsia's Intelligence Quotient framework, placing it in the Passive tier. The score breaks down to 24/50 Cognitive Stimulation, 22/50 Educational Value, and 24/50 Craft & Quality.

Is Bad News Bears educational?

Bad News Bears is low on educational value, 22/50 on TVI's rubric. Watch for entertainment, not for learning.

How does TV Intelligentsia calculate IQ Score?

TV Intelligentsia's IQ Score is calculated as round((Cognitive Stimulation × 0.4 + Educational Value × 0.35 + Craft & Quality × 0.25) × 4), scoring titles from 0 to 200 across five tiers: Masterclass (≥160), Stimulating (≥130), Competent (≥100), Passive (≥70), and Numbing (<70). The framework is published at tvintelligentsia.com/methodology/.

Bad News Bears , IQ Score 93/200

Bad News Bears has an IQ Score of 93/200 on TV Intelligentsia's Intelligence Quotient rubric, placing it in the Passive tier.

By Jordan Robinson, MD, MPH·Updated 2026-06-17·Methodology

comedysports

93/ 200

Passive

Light cognitive engagement, background-safe viewing

Score Breakdown

Cognitive Stimulation/50

Educational Value/50

Craft & Quality/50

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Why you should trust this score

Scored under Jordan Robinson, MD, MPH

Physician and founding editor. Maintains the adult catalog against the published rubric and reviews the rubric application.

Methodology

Published rubric, v1.2

Formula

round(C × 0.40 + E × 0.35 + Q × 0.25) × 4

Database scale

2,338 titles, version-controlled

TVI Canon

Richard Linklater →

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The TVI Take

Linklater's 2005 remake of the 1976 Walter Matthau original. Billy Bob Thornton as the drunk Little League coach.

The remake adds little the source film did not already do better, and the profanity-laden updates often read as forced contemporaneity rather than reimagining. Competent execution but inessential, the rare Linklater film with no clear reason to exist beyond the studio paycheck. Modest entertainment from Thornton's commitment to a thin part.

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